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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging
ankhtahr:
So I would really like to get into audio engineering a little. I used to be the person responsible for my schools theatre and event sound system (I was also responsible for the theatre lighting, but I'd like to focus on sound now), which sparked my interest. Currently I want to learn more about recording and mastering. On the same page I'm considering starting a podcast, but I haven't decided on a topic yet. I have a Røde M3 and a (pretty shitty and oversized) mixer (it's a Behringer one which introduces some noise, but it supplies the phantom power and contains a USB audio interface as well). I just lack material to record. I might record some guitar pieces, but there aren't many good pieces I can play, and recording training pieces doesn't seem worth the hassle.
hedgie:
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--- Quote from: hedgie on 18 Sep 2014, 02:47 ---We can't always feel the acceleration. It sometimes depends on the mass of what we're on versus the rate of acceleration. I remember the first time I took a flatmate's Jag on the motorway, I was doing 130 MPH before I looked down at the speed. I didn't feel any of it (well, a 3 tonne car will do that, even with a V12 under the bonnet). With a smaller car with the same power to weight ratio, I know I would have felt it, especially since I was used to driving small vehicles with a worse p/w ratio and noticing the acceleration.
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130 MPH?
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In context, I was used to little cars where you'd have to floor the thing just to get it up to a more normal speed, so habit kicked-in when I was driving the Jag. At that time, I had already done SF to Davis, CA in 45 minutes in a Honda, so I *was* used to speeding, but with the powerful car that wasn't mine, I tried to be careful, so the excessive speed was an accident. 'Course, some folks I have known who are used to the autobahn consider 130 MPH to be a comfortable cruising speed.
Grognard:
? I've never heard of speeding described as a personality disorder ?
the fastest I've ever been was 160 MPH (257 KpH) in a NASCAR series race car.
http://www.drivepetty.com/race-tracks/charlotte-motor-speedway
Even with a highly trained driver behind the wheel, that is a bit hairy.
As a police officer, I had a transmission suffer a catastrophic failure while in pursuit: speed was about 115 MPH (185KpH) Almost made me lose control, and a following squad car was also put out of pursuit when it caught transmission debris through the radiator.
in my POV, my fastest was 118 MPH (190 KpH) in my Dodge Intrepid ES. I had plenty of power and acceleration left under the pedal, I just ran out of clear straightaway. It's one thing to risk my neck. Totally unacceptable to endanger another driver.
Masterpiece:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 18 Sep 2014, 16:57 ---So I would really like to get into audio engineering a little. I used to be the person responsible for my schools theatre and event sound system (I was also responsible for the theatre lighting, but I'd like to focus on sound now), which sparked my interest. Currently I want to learn more about recording and mastering. On the same page I'm considering starting a podcast, but I haven't decided on a topic yet. I have a Røde M3 and a (pretty shitty and oversized) mixer (it's a Behringer one which introduces some noise, but it supplies the phantom power and contains a USB audio interface as well). I just lack material to record. I might record some guitar pieces, but there aren't many good pieces I can play, and recording training pieces doesn't seem worth the hassle.
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It's a good place to start! Hearing those records might be what inspires you to become better at playing the guitar.
Besides, nobody expects you to record a Stairway to Heaven on your first try. In fact I'll send you the first thing I ever recorded via pm (it's too horrible to post here).
Carl-E:
1974 Ford Maverick coupe - 1700 pounds, with a 302 in3 V8 under the hood - a non-standard option. The thing was grossly overpowered.
It was September, 1982 on a long, clear stretch of the Ohio Turnpike, and when that Corvette passed me, I took it as a challenge. We played leapfrog, passing each other several times. I'll never know exactly how fast I was going, the speedo only went up to 120 mph, and I sprang it when I got past that point.
Fortunately, after leaving the vette well behind on my last pass, my exit came up. I slowed and got int the exit lane towards the ramp, and sure enough the corvette showed up.
Pursued by two Ohio state troopers.
They never even gave my little Maverick a second look...
:angel:
Fixed your tags - B
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